1. Noun
A screen or partition wall behind an altar.
2. Noun
The back of a fireplace.
3. Noun
The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls.
4. Noun
a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
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